Vegan Cranberry Bread | Gluten-Free Recipe - Elavegan (2024)

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5 from 4 votes

Delicious vegan cranberry bread with a low-calorie sugar-free frosting. The recipe is eggless, dairy-free, gluten-free, oil-free, and easy to make. This blog post is kindly sponsored by iHerb, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Healthy, Gluten-Free Cranberry Bread

I love the holiday season. Almost everyone is in a festive mood and excited about Christmas. And there is probably nothing more festive than a delicious, moist, and soft cranberry loaf. This cranberry bread is not only vegan, but it’s also gluten-free, oil-free, and healthy. It has a sugar-free frosting which is still sweet and so much healthier than refined sugar! So let’s have a look at this glorious dessert!

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The Ingredients

This healthy recipe contains only 10 ingredients (I don’t count baking soda and baking powder because everyone probably has it at home).

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I especially loved the Organic Dried Cranberries from Eden Foods which are apple sweetened. This makes them so much healthier. You can use them throughout the year when fresh cranberries aren’t available, and they are also perfect as a healthy snack.

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Sugar-free Frosting

The frosting was made with Now Foods, Real Food Organic, Erythritol. I love using it as a cake frosting because it’s so much healthier than refined sugar and it’s furthermore low in calories. I have also used it as a frosting on my vegan carrot cake.

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As an egg substitute, I used two flax eggs (ground flax seeds mixed with water). You can also use chia eggs (ground chia seeds mixed with water).

I love using canned (or homemade) coconut milk. It’s higher in fat than e.g. boxed oat milk, rice milk or almond milk, etc. which are all watered down. You could, however, also use oat cream, soy cream, or homemade cashew milk as a substitute. If you prefer using boxed plant-based milk then I would suggest adding a few tablespoons of oil, to assure that the Cranberry loaf is soft, moist, and rich!

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This Vegan Cranberry Bread Is:

  • Dairy-free
  • Egg-free
  • Gluten-free
  • Oil-free
  • Healthy
  • Refined sugar-free
  • Easy to make

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How To Store

This gluten-free cranberry bread is a wonderful breakfast or dessert. You can store it in the fridge for up to 5 days. It stays moist, soft, and delicious. You can even freeze the bread slices (put them in zip-lock bags) for about 3 months.

If you make this tasty vegan cranberry bread then I would love to see it. You can DM it to me on Instagram. Don’t forget to tag me in your Insta caption + photo with @elavegan and use the hashtag #elavegan and I will gladly check out your post.

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Related vegan and gluten-free bread/cake recipes:

  • Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
  • Banana Blueberry Bread
  • Pumpkin Bread
  • Vegan Cornbread
  • Marbled Banana Bread

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Vegan Cranberry Bread

Author: Michaela Vais

This vegan cranberry bread with a low-calorie sugar-free frosting is the perfect dessert or breakfast for the holiday season. The recipe is dairy-free, eggless,, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, oil-free, and easy to make.

5 from 4 votes

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 10 slices

Calories 230 kcal

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

Wet ingredients:

Frosting:

Instructions

  • To make the flax eggs, put 2 tbsp ground flax seeds into a small bowl, add 6 tbsp water and mix with a whisk. Set aside for 5 minutes.

  • Put all dry ingredients into a bowl and stir until there are no clumps.

  • In a bowl, mix all wet ingredients (except the cranberries) with an electric hand mixer and pour the mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir with a whisk. Now fold in the cranberries.

  • Line a loaf pan with parchment paper. My pan measures 8 x 4 x 2.5 inches. Spoon the mixture into the loaf pan.

  • Bake in the oven at 356 degrees F (180 degrees C) for about 40-50 minutes. The cranberry loaf is ready when a toothpick comes out almost clean (don't overcook it). Let it cool in the fridge.

  • For the frosting: Put the Erythritol in a food processor or coffee grinder and mix until it's very fine like icing sugar. Use a whisk to mix it in a small bowl with the coconut cream and the lime/lemon juice. If the frosting is too thick add more milk or lime/lemon juice. If it's too thin add more Erythritol. Spread the frosting onto the loaf and put it in the fridge until the frosting is hard. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Plant-based milk: I had the best result with canned coconut milk which will make the loaf moist, soft, and rich due to the higher fat content. If you use boxed plant-based milk (like almond milk, oat milk, etc) which is often watered down a lot, I would suggest adding a few tbsp of oil.
  • Sweetener: If you are using regular sugar, make sure to use just 100 g, otherwise, the Cranberry Loaf might be too sweet.
  • Flour: You can use regular flour or spelt flour instead of the 1:1 baking flour.

Nutrition Facts

Vegan Cranberry Bread

Amount per Serving

Calories

230

% Daily Value*

Fat

5

g

8

%

Saturated Fat

0.6

g

3

%

Carbohydrates

53

g

18

%

Fiber

2.4

g

10

%

Sugar

13

g

14

%

Protein

3

g

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information is an estimate and has been calculated automatically

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